Monday, February 22, 2010

Never let the library's stapler run out of staples at the reference desk. This important piece of equipment fastens more than just your partrons' sheets of paper, it holds together the entire fabric of the library profession.

We had a patron who would boldly steal circ desk staplers at closing time. He must have had quite a collection of them. I tattle-taped under the rubber bottom of the newest stapler. When he set off the gate alarm and security - on hand to close the building - asked to see what was in his backpack, he was cured of that habit. Nor to mention that it was fun to watch.